The year 1949 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events during 1949.
- January 16: ABC Television Players, a dramatic anthology, debuts on ABC (1949).
- January 17: The Goldbergs, a situation comedy, debuts on CBS (1949–55).
- May 5: Series Stop the Music debuts on American Broadcasting Company for a five-year run over seven years.
- June 24: "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes the first American television Western series (originally based on film shorts, then becoming an original series in 1952)
- June 27: Captain Video and His Video Rangers, apparently the first science fiction series televised, debuts.
- July 15: This Is Show Business, panel discussion program, premieres on CBS (1949–54; 1956).
- September 28: Photocrime, detective program, premieres on ABC (1949).[1]
- September 29: Come Dancing, a ballroom dancing competition, is first broadcast by the BBC (1949–95).
- Martin Kane, Private Eye premieres on NBC, becoming the first detective series televised (1949–54).
- The Voice of Firestone premieres (1949–63).
- Bozo the Clown premieres (1949–present).
- The Lone Ranger premieres on ABC (1949–57).[2]
- January 1: KPRC-TV (Originally known as KLEE-TV) Signs on the air. They are the Second TV station in Texas, and the First in Houston. That same day, KTTV Signs on in Los Angeles.
- March 21: WTVJ signs on the air becoming the first television station in the state of Florida.
- May 29: WVTM-TV (Originally WAFM, and later WABT and WAPI) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Alabama
- May 30: WRTV (originally WFBM-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Indiana
- June 6: KFOR-TV (originally WKY-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Oklahoma
- July 1 WBRC Begins operations from Birmingham AL, just 1 month after WVTM started operations.
- August 29: WOWT (originally WOW-TV) Signs on the air for the first time, becoming the first television station in Nebraska, and one of the first in the Midwest.
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Starlight (UK)
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For The Children (UK)
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April 24, 1952
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The Voice of Firestone Televues
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Missus Goes A Shopping
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Kaleidoscope (UK)
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November 2, 1946
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Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
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November 8, 1946
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June 24, 1960
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Muffin the Mule (UK)
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Television Screen Magazine
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You Are an Artist
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Doorway to Fame
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May 2, 1947
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July 4, 1949
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Kraft Television Theater
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May 7, 1947
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Kukla, Fran and Ollie
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October 13, 1947
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Meet the Press
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November 6, 1947
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Mary Kay and Johnny
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November 18, 1947
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March 11, 1950
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Howdy Doody
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December 27, 1947
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September 24, 1960
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Americana
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Birthday Party
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Café Continental (UK)
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Charade Quiz
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Juvenile Jury
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Musical Merry-Go-Round
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Small Fry Club
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Television Newsreel (UK)
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January 5, 1948
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The Original Amateur Hour
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January 18, 1948
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September 27, 1970
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Court of Current Issues
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February 9, 1948
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June 26, 1951
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One
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March 4, 1948
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April 22, 1949
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Author Meets the Critics
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April 1948
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October 10, 1954
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Hollywood Screen Test
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April 15, 1948
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1953
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Texaco Star Theater
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June 8, 1948
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1953
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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June 20, 1948
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June 6, 1971
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Candid Camera
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August 10, 1948
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CBS Evening News
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August 15, 1948
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Foodini the Great
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August 23, 1948
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June 23, 1951
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Actors Studio
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September 1948
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June 1950
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Champagne and Orchids
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September 6, 1948
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January 10, 1949
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Stained Glass Windows
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September 26, 1948
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October 16, 1949
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Ford Theatre
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October 17, 1948
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July 10, 1957
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The Growing Paynes
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October 20, 1948
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August 3, 1949
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The Adventures of Oky Doky
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November 4, 1948
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May 26, 1949
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The Morey Amsterdam Show
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December 17, 1948
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October 12, 1950
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The Alan Dale Show
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Amanda
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Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
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January 1, 1958
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The Bigelow Show
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Break the Bank
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1957
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Cartoon Teletales
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Celebrity Time
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September 1952
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Child's World
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Club Seven
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The Philco Television Playhouse
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1955
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Winner Take All
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The Goldbergs
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January 17, 1949
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1956
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These Are My Children
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January 31, 1949
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February 25, 1949
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A Woman to Remember
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February 21, 1949
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July 15, 1949
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Time for Beany
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February 28, 1949
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1955
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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March 1, 1949
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October 5, 1950
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Think Fast
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March 26, 1949
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October 8, 1950
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Captain Video
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June 27, 1949
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April 1, 1955
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Mama
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July 1, 1949
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March 17, 1957
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Martin Kane, Private Eye
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August 7, 1949
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June 17, 1954
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The Family Genius
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September 1949
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September 1949
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The Little Revue
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September 4, 1949
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April 21, 1950
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The Lone Ranger
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September 15, 1949
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June 6, 1957
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Come Dancing (UK)
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September 29, 1949
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1995
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The Aldrich Family
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October 2, 1949
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May 29, 1953
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The Life of Riley
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October 4, 1949
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March 28, 1950
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January 2, 1953
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August 22, 1958
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Let There Be Stars
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October 6, 1949
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November 27, 1949
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The Ruggles
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November 3, 1949
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June 19, 1952
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One Man's Family
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November 4, 1949
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June 21, 1952
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March 1, 1954
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April 1, 1955
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The Admiral Broadway Revue
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Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
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Easy Aces
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Follow That Man
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Programs ending during 1949
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Changes of network affiliation
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- January 7 – Steven Williams, American actor, (21 Jump Street)
- January 8 – Anne Schedeen, American actress, (ALF)
- January 13 – Brandon Tartikoff, American executive (died 1997)
- January 16 – Caroline Munro, English actress and model
- January 17 – Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984)
- January 24 – John Belushi, American actor and comedian, (Saturday Night Live) (died 1982)
- February 2 – Brent Spiner, American actor, (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- February 3 – Brenda Dickson, American actress, (The Young and the Restless)
- February 8 – Brooke Adams, American actress
- February 9 – Judith Light, American actress, (One Life to Live, Who's The Boss?)
- February 14 – István Vágó, Hungarian television host and political activist (died 2023)
- February 18 – Jess Walton, American actress, (The Young and the Restless)
- February 25 – Ric Flair, American pro wrestler
- February 26 – Tim Brant, American sportscaster
- February 28 – Ilene Graff, American actress and singer, (Mr. Belvedere)
- March 2 – Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer, (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- March 16
- March 17 – Patrick Duffy, American actor, (Dallas, Step by Step)
- March 26
- April 14 – John Shea, American actor
- April 17 – Michael J. Stull, American songwriter (died 2002)
- April 19 – Forrest Sawyer, American broadcast journalist
- April 20 – Veronica Cartwright, English-born actress
- April 23 – Joyce DeWitt, American actress, (Three's Company)
- April 28 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor, (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
- May 1 – Douglas Barr, actor, (The Fall Guy)
- May 9
- May 26 – Philip Michael Thomas, actor, (Miami Vice)
- June 3 – John Rothman, actor
- June 11 – Sherman Howard, actor, (Superboy, Jumanji, Batman Beyond)
- June 12 – Roger Aaron Brown, actor, (The District)
- June 15 – Jim Varney, actor and comedian (died 2000)
- June 16
- June 20 – Lionel Richie, singer
- June 22
- June 25
- July 3 – Jan Smithers, actress, (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- July 8 – Carmel Cryan, actor
- July 9 – Nigel Lythgoe, British TV director and producer (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance)
- July 10 – Mark Shera, actor, (Barnaby Jones, S.W.A.T.)
- July 11 – Jay Johnson, ventriloquist, actor, (Soap)
- July 16 – Cyndy Garvey, American television personality
- July 24 – Michael Richards, actor, (Seinfeld)
- July 27 – Maureen McGovern, actress
- August 21
- August 23
- August 24
- August 25 – John Savage, actor, (Dark Angel)
- September 10
- September 16 – Ed Begley, Jr., actor, (St. Elsewhere)
- September 20 – Anthony Denison, actor
- September 23
- September 25 – Anson Williams, actor and director, (Happy Days)
- September 28 – Vernee Watson-Johnson, actress
- September 30 – Ann Risley, actress and comedian, (Saturday Night Live)
- October 3 – Norm Abram, master carpenter, (This Old House)
- October 4 – Armand Assante, actor
- October 8 – Sigourney Weaver, actress
- October 9 – Shera Danese, actress, (Columbo)
- October 10 – Jessica Harper, actress
- October 14 – Katy Manning, English actress
- October 15 – Tanya Roberts, actress, (died 2021)
- October 21 – LaTanya Richardson Jackson, actress
- October 28
- November 1 – Belita Moreno, actress, (Perfect Strangers, George Lopez)
- November 3 – Mike Evans, actor, (All in the Family, The Jeffersons and creator of Good Times) (died 2006)
- November 4 – Berlinda Tolbert, actress, (The Jeffersons)
- November 5 – Armin Shimerman, actor, (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- November 11 – Denise Gordy, actress
- November 19 – Ahmad Rashad, Sportscaster and former NFL football player
- November 23 – Jerry verDorn, soap opera actor (Guiding Light, One Life to Live) (died 2022)
- November 24 – Damon Evans, actor, (The Jeffersons)
- November 28 – Paul Shaffer, singer
- November 29
- December 2 – Ron Raines, American actor, (Guiding Light)
- December 3 – Heather Menzies, Canadian actress, (Logan's Run) (died 2017)
- December 4 – Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand actress and comedian
- December 5 – Lanny Wadkins, golfer
- December 15 – Don Johnson, actor, (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges)
- December 19 – Rita Taggart, actress
- December 21 – Michael Horse, actor, (Twin Peaks)